Job Summary

The Transition Finance and Advisory (TFA), ESG Strategy role is responsible for building and maintaining a strong understanding of market‑specific sustainable and transition finance developments with a focus on ESG thematics, trends and market dynamic. This role will focus on translating ESG and transition developments into actionable and monetisable advisory for clients by developing proprietary ESG content and engaging with a set of clients with clear new money opportunities. 

This role will work in close partnership with Coverage and Risk teams, brings sector insight, disciplined judgement, and cross‑border connectivity to deliver sustainable growth across the Transition Finance and Advisory portfolio. This role focuses on origination, client engagement and content creation with a focus on driving commercial impact.

Key Responsibilities

Thought leadership and proprietary content development
• Develop understanding of market specific SF developments (incl. emerging ESG themes and market trends and product uptakes), and how this will impact our clients and client insights.
• Develop sector-specific content 1) covering ESG thematic / trends / market dynamics, peer benchmarking, product benchmarking / recent transactions / case studies, 2) producing analysis and content around ESG risks and controversies impacting resilience, and investor confidence 3) incorporating Transition tech (e.g. SAF) and Capital Structure considerations, 4) leveraging relevant thematic from CSO Innovation Hubs (e.g. Carbon, Nature).
Contribute to content-led client engagements with clear monetisation opportunities:
• Translate ESG developments into actionable and monetisable client advice, informed by technology, policy and market developments with clear financial, capital structure and credit rating relevance.
• Leverage content and expertise to contribute to high quality client engagements that lead to tangible revenue outcomes, including direct contribution to transition and sustainable finance transactions, origination support, and expansion of client wallet share.

Strengthen governance, risk discipline, and role clarity: Act as first line accountable leader for conduct, reputational, and advisory risks within the mandate. Ensure teams operate within defined frameworks, avoid greenwashing risk, and maintain clear boundaries with Coverage, Products, and regulatory functions.

Adhere to values & conduct expectations (non-negotiable) by role-modelling ethical conduct, risk discipline, client suitability, inclusion, and enterprise first leadership.
Measure of Success
• Direct contribution to SF & TF transactions: the team will work towards a target direct dollar contribution to SF / TF transactions.  
• Client income contribution: the team will work towards a dollar client income contribution amount tagged to an agreed list of clients that have been identified as having a strong opportunity for increased share of wallet. 
• High-quality client engagements: the team will work towards a specified number of target client engagements to be completed within an agreed time period. These client engagements will be focused on where there is a real opportunity to drive commercial impact. 
• Marketing activities: the team will work towards producing an agreed amount of thought leadership pieces of content and participation in key industry forums.

Our Ideal Candidate

• 5 + Years of experience in sustainable finance, ESG or transition advisory across sectors and markets, with the ability to translate policy, transition and ESG developments into financially and credit-relevant insights.
• Track record of developing scalable sector narratives, analytical insights or flagship content, and of shaping frameworks or methodologies used across regions.
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in finance, economics, engineering, environmental studies or a related discipline, with strong grounding in corporate finance and capital markets.
• Advanced knowledge of sustainable and transition finance concepts, market standards and emerging practices, gained through professional experience or formal training. 

Role Specific Technical Competencies 

•    Sustainable and Transition Finance
•    Climate Transition and Decarbonisation
•    Thought Leadership & Content Creation
•    Innovation & Strategic Thinking
•    Corporate Finance 
•    Financial Analysis

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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